Lead DevOps Engineer

Sunbird Software Inc.

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or similar certification is essential.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift, including configuration and deployments.
  • Expertise in containerization, preferably with Docker.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD practices using tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, or GitHub.
  • 7+ years of overall professional experience in relevant fields.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate technical concepts effectively.
  • Ability to work autonomously and creatively in an agile, small team setting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead migration of solutions to container environments using orchestration tools like OpenShift and Kubernetes.
  • Create and maintain Docker files, manifest files, and HELM charts for various environments.
  • Manage builds and deployments, ensuring efficiency and quality.
  • Deploy and upgrade clusters from scratch while maintaining existing setups.
  • Guide junior team members in development and technical tasks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet scalability and reliability goals.
  • Provide customer support during solution rollouts and troubleshoot related issues.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with advanced technologies and container orchestration tools.
  • Engage in a dynamic work environment with a focus on professional development.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, enhancing teamwork and communication skills.
  • Exposure to varied tasks in cloud environments and software development processes.
  • Support for following strict security practices and industry standards.
Full Job Description
Lead both the migration of our solution to containers and the overall design and implementation for container orchestrators such as OpenShift, Kubernetes and Amazon EKS
  • Create and maintain docker files, manifest files, and HELM Charts for different environmentsorchestrators
  • Manage builds and deployments
  • Deploy new clusters from scratch and upgrademaintain existing ones.
  • Lead junior team members effectively
  • Work closely with our cross-functional team to achieve scalability and reliability objectives
  • Provide support as our customers roll the solution out to their environments
  • Effectively troubleshoot operating system issues, configuration problems, authentication errors, and related software defects
  • Automate operations such as backuprestores, deployments, and upgrades.
  • Follow security best practices
  • Identify potential technical obstacles and come up with solutions
  • Evaluate third party technologies to make recommendations for architecture roadmap
  • Ability to keep up with industry trends and innovation.
  • Follow Sunbird's software development process to participate in full software development life cycle

  • Qualifications
    • Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Administrator or similar
    • 4+ years of hands-on experience on Kubernetes or OpenShift and have been involved all facets of configuration and deployments in prior positions
    • Expert on Containerization (Docker preferred)
    • Experience in Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) (Jenkins/Nexus/GitHub)
    • 7+ years of professional experience
    • Strong communication skills
    • Creative, industrious, self-managed
    • Excels when working as part of a small, highly skilled, agile team
    • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

    Desired knowledge and skills

    A candidate with a mix of the following experiences will be at an advantage:
    • Experience in Java, Tomcat and database configurations
      • Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration
      • Knowledge in the administration and performance tuning of web/application servers (e.g. Tomcat, Puma, Itsio, NGINX)
    • Development experience in Perl, Ruby, andor Java
    • AWS
      • Experience maintaining servers, IT infrastructure and other equipment in a server room
    • Experience in the day-to-day operations of a data center environment, particularly as it relates to planning and infrastructure management

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